NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Bill Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Bill: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 160,474 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
160,474
Peak year
1947 #76
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-40.3%

In the 1940s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
201142#2803
201241#2874
201350#2464
201447#2584
201533#3377
201639#3000
201742#2844
201848#2619
201928#3805
202029#3660
202123#4382
202226#4104
202322#4621
202422#4585
202518#5235

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1947

CA
638
TX
311
OH
274
IL
269
MI
234
MO
225

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